§ 36. Sir Sydney ChapmanTo ask the Attorney-General what is the current case load of(a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the equivalent sections of the Crown Prosecution Service. [83884]
The Attorney-GeneralThe Serious Fraud Office currently has a caseload of 66 serious or complex fraud cases. In the year 1998–99, of 38 defendants whose cases were brought to trial, 31 were convicted and seven acquitted. The Crown Prosecution Service does not have a directly equivalent section. The majority of the more serious fraud cases handled by the CPS are handled by the Casework Directorate at CPS headquarters. The Casework Directorate currently has a caseload of 212 such cases.